Two academics from the College of Humanities and Social Science have been honoured as the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has announced its Royal Medallists and Prize Winners for 2013. Dr Chris Speed from Edinburgh College of Art won the Innovator's Prize, one of the RSE Public Engagement awards. The RSE praised Dr Speed "for his creative use of digital technology to enable members of the broader society to better understand their surroundings and history. Through the use of digital technology members of the public expand their ideas about time, space, history and objects, whilst increasing their knowledge of the technology." Dr Gordon Pentland, senior lecturer in History, won the Thomas Reid Medal for "his high quality research which contributes significantly to British and Scottish political and cultural history and his longstanding commitment to knowledge exchange." The RSE recognises outstanding individuals at various points in their lives, from those showing great potential at early stages of their career to those who have reached the pinnacle of their discipline and are regarded as such on an international basis. Related links Dr Chris Speed's academic profile Dr Gordon Pentland's academic profile The Royal Society of Edinburgh Publication date 15 Oct, 2015
